Viciously Murdered

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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When Susan Schwarz is found shot to death in her apartment in 1979, police suspect a robbery gone wrong. Thirty-two years pass before a witness emerges to reveal a much darker motive and bring justice to Susan’s Killer. Cook Unity: - Go to Cookunity.com/COLD or enter code COLD before checkout for 50% off your first week! Homes.com: We’ve done your homework. Hydrow: Head over to Hydrow.com and use code COLDCASE to save up to $475 off your Hydrow Pro Rower Progressive: Progressive.com

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0:00.0	Hi, Cold Case listeners. I'm Marissa Pinson. And before we get into this week's episode, I just wanted to remind you that episodes of Cold Case Files, as well as the A&E Classic Podcasts, I Survived, American Justice, and City Confidential, are all available ad-free on the new A&E Crime and Investigation Channel on Apple Podcasts and Apple Plus for just $4.99 a month or $3999 a year. And now
0:24.3	on to the show. The following episode contains disturbing accounts of physical and sexual violence.
0:31.9	Listener discretion is advised. I didn't understand. My sister Sue was viciously murdered. Why? Why? I didn't understand. My sister Sue was viciously murdered.
0:38.3	Why? Why?
0:40.3	I don't think I've ever seen anything so hurtful.
0:44.3	There was nothing that we could do.
0:47.3	There just weren't any good leads.
0:49.3	I found it extremely frustrating.
0:51.3	I felt that I should have done more. The questions were always there in my mind.
0:58.0	There was a murder that bore many similarities to Sue's murder.
1:03.0	Just a little bit of information and that's all we needed.
1:06.0	Hope meant finding who did it to her.
1:10.0	That person was still out there, maybe harming other people.
1:14.1	There are over 100,000 cold cases in America.
1:18.6	Only about 1% are ever solved.
1:22.0	This is one of those rare stories.
1:35.3	It's October 22nd, 1979, in Alderwood Manor, Washington. Ken Christensen is a former detective with the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
1:40.3	I was a Snohomish County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the detective division.
1:46.9	I was contacted by the dispatcher.
1:49.0	They were requesting that I respond to an address in the Alderwood area regarding a homicide
1:55.5	and that they needed somebody to process the crime scene for fingerprints.
2:00.2	Susan Schwartz's boyfriend arrives home after a day at work,
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